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Database Ranking Survey Results 2003

Respondents were asked to rank each of the twenty four following databases according to their importance: Very Important (1.00), Important (2.00), Not Important (3.00), or Don't Know (No score). The databases were assigned an overall score and scores were also calculated by tiers based on size and type of library.

TOTAL AVERAGE

PL-Tier1

PL-Tier2

PL-Tier3

PL-Tier4

PL-Tier5

PL-Tier6

Tier1

Tier 2

Tier3

MS-A

LCM

OCLCWorldCat

1.368

1.549

1.327

1.263

1.167

1.250

1.154

1.238

1.403

1.538

1.100

1.000

LiteratureResource

1.396

1.429

1.393

1.282

1.556

1.417

1.231

1.409

1.161

1.083

2.889

3.000

AcademicSearch

1.441

1.841

1.691

1.538

1.353

1.273

1.462

1.000

1.000

1.000

1.100

1.000

HealthWellness

1.624

1.660

1.643

1.632

1.647

1.364

1.923

1.571

1.597

1.455

1.600

1.333

MasterFile

1.659

1.606

1.500

1.282

1.333

1.417

1.231

2.095

2.148

1.923

1.600

1.667

BooksInPrint

1.699

1.725

1.586

1.538

1.444

1.667

1.692

2.045

1.935

1.643

1.100

1.667

InfoTrac

1.711

1.819

1.704

1.487

1.722

1.667

1.385

1.636

1.770

1.583

2.222

1.667

OCLCothers

1.812

1.614

1.837

1.789

2.000

1.909

2.167

1.591

2.082

1.800

1.556

1.667

Scribner

1.820

1.808

1.679

1.639

1.778

2.091

2.000

2.091

1.645

1.769

2.889

3.000

eLibrary

1.906

1.839

1.792

1.789

1.889

2.000

1.846

2.238

2.082

1.462

2.222

2.500

StudentResource

1.923

1.593

1.627

1.658

1.588

1.667

1.769

2.700

2.433

2.400

2.889

3.000

GenealogyHistory

1.961

1.593

1.685

1.579

1.889

1.455

1.615

2.476

2.644

2.909

2.778

2.667

BusinessSource

1.975

2.452

2.288

2.028

2.235

2.000

2.154

1.045

1.429

1.917

1.778

1.667

BusinessCompany

1.990

2.301

2.157

2.000

1.750

1.909

1.417

1.500

1.787

1.846

2.778

2.000

BiographyGenealogy

2.103

1.809

1.946

2.028

2.188

2.167

2.462

2.000

2.441

2.667

2.444

2.667

Grolier

2.134

1.959

2.089

2.158

2.222

2.250

2.077

2.190

2.288

2.071

2.778

2.333

StatRef

2.156

2.130

2.186

2.156

2.600

2.417

2.500

2.450

2.113

2.167

1.000

1.333

Ulrichs

2.345

2.492

2.410

2.353

2.647

2.583

2.538

2.227

2.213

2.545

1.500

1.667

TexasAlmanac

2.357

2.033

2.309

2.237

2.611

2.667

2.692

2.667

2.717

2.214

2.333

1.667

ArchivesUSA

2.370

1.938

2.022

2.323

2.688

2.700

2.667

2.500

2.845

2.818

2.778

3.000

Informe

2.516

2.538

2.447

2.259

2.357

2.444

2.308

2.778

2.643

2.556

2.600

2.500

WhatDoIRead

2.518

2.179

2.346

2.395

2.444

2.636

2.538

2.818

2.919

2.917

2.778

3.000

AppliedScience

2.549

2.567

2.667

2.750

2.647

2.636

2.923

2.318

2.373

2.250

2.556

2.000

SaludParaTodos

2.615

2.596

2.538

2.310

2.438

2.500

2.385

2.944

2.891

2.875

2.286

2.000

Top ten standings by tier

Public Libraries with a population served less than 10,000

PL-Tier1

LiteratureResource

1.429

OCLCWorldCat

1.549

StudentResource

1.593

GenealogyHistory

1.593

MasterFile

1.606

OCLCothers

1.614

HealthWellness

1.66

BooksInPrint

1.725

Scribner

1.808

BiographyGenealogy

1.809

Public libraries with a population served between 10,000 and 25,000

PL-Tier2

OCLCWorldCat

1.327

LiteratureResource

1.393

MasterFile

1.500

BooksInPrint

1.586

StudentResource

1.627

HealthWellness

1.643

Scribner

1.679

GenealogyHistory

1.685

AcademicSearch

1.691

InfoTrac

1.704

Public libraries with a population served between 25,000 and 50,000

PL-Tier3

OCLCWorldCat

1.263

LiteratureResource

1.282

MasterFile

1.282

InfoTrac

1.487

AcademicSearch

1.538

BooksInPrint

1.538

GenealogyHistory

1.579

HealthWellness

1.632

Scribner

1.639

StudentResource

1.658

Public libraries with a population served between 50,000 and 100,000

PL-Tier4

OCLCWorldCat

1.167

MasterFile

1.333

AcademicSearch

1.353

BooksInPrint

1.444

LiteratureResource

1.556

StudentResource

1.588

HealthWellness

1.647

InfoTrac

1.722

BusinessCompany

1.750

Scribner

1.778

Public libraries with a population served between 100,000 and 200,000

PL-Tier5

OCLCWorldCat

1.250

AcademicSearch

1.273

HealthWellness

1.364

LiteratureResource

1.417

MasterFile

1.417

GenealogyHistory

1.455

BooksInPrint

1.667

InfoTrac

1.667

StudentResource

1.667

OCLCothers

1.909

Public libraries with a population served greater than 200,000

PL-Tier6

OCLCWorldCat

1.154

LiteratureResource

1.231

MasterFile

1.231

InfoTrac

1.385

BusinessCompany

1.417

AcademicSearch

1.462

GenealogyHistory

1.615

BooksInPrint

1.692

StudentResource

1.769

eLibrary

1.846

Academic libraries with over 750,000 volumes or over 10,000 enrollment